OMIG leader: “We are doing more with less”

The Office of Medicaid Inspector General reported that staff has uncovered more than $100 million in Medicaid overpayments in the fist six months of 2013, although OMIG has recovered only about 60 percent of those dollars.

Medicaid IG James Cox said from January 1 to June 30, 2013, the overpayments found totaled $103 million. The previous high for six months was $111 million, he said.

Cash recoveries also increased during the same period by 21.5 percent over the previous year to $61.7 million, according to preliminary data, he said.

“At the end of state fiscal year 2011-12, OMIG had 662 staff. As of the end of the last state fiscal year (2012-13), OMIG has 500 employees,” Cox said. “We are doing more with less.”